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THE EVENING STAR,
With Sunday Morning Edition.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
MONDAY September 11, 1922
THE0D0P.3 W. NOTES. .. Editor
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
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. rlio ritT
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Trying the World's Patience.
Negotiations f??r an adjustment of
the reparation^ problem again are at
the breaking point because the Berlin
government refuses to toe the mark
when it comes to a definite and specific
arrangement for paying out cash.
The quibbling of the Berlin government
in the jwesent instance is especially
aggravating because it is at
the exjH-nse of Belgium, which only a
few days ago saved Germany from the
consequences of her d- faults by advancing
a compromise plan under
wnirn c.ermany was granted a. moratorium
for the lost of the current
j ear.
The program proposed by Belgium
was self siieritiein.tr, because inste;id of
cash payments due her it provided for
acceptance of six-months Germany
treasury notes. The reparations commission
apretxl to this, and France reluctantly
acquiesced and the application
of drastic "sanctions" was
averted.
Now, instead of evidencing: appreciation
by prompt compliance with the
terms agreed upon. Germany is trying
to force Belgium to accept treasury
notes for eighteen months instead of
six. which would represent an entirely
new adjustment of the reparations
problem and would give Germany
much more liberal terms than ever
were contemplated by the allies.
It is just such conduct as this that
has convinced France, and is tending
t'? convince the rest of the world, that
Germany does not intend to pay. and
that the debt never can be collected
except by the use of force. It is a
variety of "cleverness" that in the
end is likely to overreach itself. The
world's patience with Germany has
, almost reached the point of exhaustion.
and if the creditor nations are
finally driven to the application of
force that force is likely to be applied
to a point which will convince the
Germans that there is truth, after all.
in the old adage that honesty is the
best policy.
An Interesting Announcement.
M. Clemenceau is coming over to
America, and will strive to come back
in France. The latter announcement
is the more interesting of the two.
Not that M. Clemenceau will lack
for welcome in America, for. of course,
he will not. Many years ago he resided
in this country, and he speaks the language
of the tribe. America has
changed much since then, and so has
M. Clemenceau. Both are now world
quantities. But they will renew the
old acquaintance with ease and pleasure.
It is the situation in France which
gives to M. Clemenceau's plans their
principal claim to attention. That situation
is greatly disturbed. Opinions
are clashintr na to ivh.it ?hr?nlrl ho
done, and as a result the lift* of a ministry
is short. A new figure on the
stage, or an old figure returned to the
stage, is of consequence.
M. Clemenceau is an old figure and
an old man. but not spent by any
means. "There is." we may all be
sure, "life in the old man yet."
lie took in hand a war situation
which seemed desperate and brought
order and success out of it. With an
opportunity, might he not be able to
do as much with a peace situation,
which is. at least, extremely complicated?
At any rate. M. Clemenceau. once
more in action, will add to the gayety
of ordinarily the gayest of the nations,
and maybe point n way out of its present
difficulties.
It is impossible to j>ersuade the
Greeks and the Turks to pause and
listen to a f w words on disarmament.
A Light That Has Failed.
Rudyard Kipling, who has probably
more admirers in this country than in
all others together, has "spilled the
beans" irretrievably. In an interview
just Published h?* is fiimturt ne snvinr*
that the 1'nited States entered the
great war "two years, seven months
and four days too late" and forced a
premature peace. quitting the day the
armistice was signed without waiting
to see the thing through: that "America.
the real America, died in 1860";
that this country has got the gold of
the world, but "we have saved our
Jouls."
Kipling would better stick to his
poetry and his stories. He Is not a
publicist, and his temperamental spirit
|s not the sort to deal with large world
affairs. Somehow he cannot help
dramatizing, and therein exaggerating.
When a dramatist exaggerates
he loses all sense of proportion and
nc^ittLo Ilia LfT. i?? nil a X aac rvipilllg
hag not only neglected but has distorted
his facts.
ft is true that the United States entered
the war late?that is to say, later
than England and Italy. But that was
because ,the United States had no
rause for war before It did break with
Germany. There was a sentiment in
this country for immediate espousal of
the allied cause in 1914, it is true, but
It was not dominant or sufficient to
Justify action. There is a wide difference
of opinion among the American
people today whether the United
States should have gone In even on
the ground of the Lusitania, grave as
was the provocation then.
It is true that the war was ended
too soon. In the judgment of many
Americans as well as many Euro
peans. But it was not the United
States that ended it prematurely. Some
day the full truth of the causes leading
to the acceptance of the first overtures
of the Germans for an armistice
will be disclosed. Until the record is
written it is an outrageous injustice
for Kipling or any other person to allege
that the United States brought
about a premature close of the struggle,
before Germany had been suf'
ticientiy beaten to insure a just and
> lasting peace.
] it is true that the United States is i
j creditor to Kurope in a large amount
, for supplies needful for the conduct of f
i the war by the allies. But it is not
[true that we have "got the gold of the
! world." This country holds notes, but
i is very far from having the gold in (
j payment of them, and there is no f
I definite assurance, save the words of
I
I some rmgiisii statesmen?urn ?n ui |
i them?that the debts will ever be paid.
Just what Kipling means by saying
that the "real America died in 1860"
must lie left to the imagination, which
has been heretofore puzzled by some
of his fictions and poetic fancies. If
the British poet wants to fight the
civil war over again for us, reviving
the memories of his country's attitude
J at the time of the greatest crisis in the
I history of this republic, he is. of
| course, entitled to do so, but the effort
will hardly be profitable to him or
j helpful for his countrymen in their
j present difficulties.
j Reluctantly the conclusion is forced
j that Kipling has acquired a pair of |
| ears that qualify him for the farm-j
j yard. His country will doubtless be
quick to apply to him the term that
j such appendages justify. And the (
I nited States will be quite content to .
leave his condemnation henceforth to 1
j those whom ho now so sadly misrepre!
sents in a gratuitous insult to the nai'
tion that in the judgment of the statesmen
and the soldiers of the allied lands (
saved them from Germany. J
Now for Anthracite! \
Anthracite mining is to be at once t
: resumed. The miners and the opera- t
i tors have agreed upon an extension of t
i the old scale until August 31 next, and i
I the former have in convention ratified 1
j the agreement. The formality of signa- j ?
i ture is completed today, and the ac- ' l
j tive mining of the coal will be imme
diately started. For this eonsumma- }
j tion of the negotiations for settlement t
i the public is devoutly thankful. i
J Now the problem is to distribute not i
j only speedily but evenly the supply ?
I 11 i*l L nit* imiitrin jji uuurr, diiu iu jn c- 1 i
! vent the charging of needlessly high (
! prices. The people must have anthra- j
j rite. Their bins are virtually empty.
| The season is at hand when they must
| begin to stock up. and if there is no {
: restraint prices far exceeding the cost j
I of production and a reasonable profit ?
j for those who handle the fuel will be ,
| charged. r
{ The machinery for regulation is
} roughly provided for in the states with j
a federal supervision possible under
| the legislation just passing through
| the final stages. In most cases, probj
ably, the dealers will follow the course '
J of righteousness and charge only what 1
i is requisite to yield them a fair return. y
j If they are not forced up by the pro- *
1 ducers and middlemen the retailers,
j who are closest to the consumers, will
1 play fair. i
j
Quite as? important as price is dis- '
tribution. There should be no favored i
[sections or communities. The require- i
j ments are definitely known, from the
I records of the past. Washington, for
I example, consumes a certain number r
1 ..f f Ar>o t?* > cii'icnn I f hoc nn Viarwl a
! known quantity. Tt will, therefore, j
| need an amount that can be deterj
mined within a small fraction. The
{disposition of the average consumer is,
of course, to put in the total amount 1
required for the season. But this can- *
not he done without drawing upon the y
stocks necessary to supply those who
do not buy in that way. Indeed, there
! cannot be for two or three months a
i enough anthrac ite on hand to permit t
| even half-stocking for everybody. ' s
j No favoritism, no pre fiteering! These
! are the needs of this time, and it is up
| to the public authorities to make cer- f
j tain that the supply is evenly and fair- ^
j ly distributed and that no extortion is j
J practiced. The people are not at fault
1 for the suspension of mining during
the past five months and a third. They
j should not pay the cost of the deplora- *
I ble failure of reason that caused the c
| strike and prevented early settlement *
j of differences.
<
At least the British fiction writers
! who now speak of this country's prosi
perity in terms of reproof will admit
i that America has always been one of
i their best customers. . C
f If
. Collective bargaining is no better
| than any other kind, so far as the pub- *
j lie interest is concerned, if it fails to
! facilitate some kind of a reliable trade. ^
i . ___
! Grand opera reveals but little that <;
i is new in musical composition. The
; novelties offered are chiefly relative to j
j erratic temperamental display.
! ~ 1
| As a signal for the resumption of
! work this year's Labor day was not a t
universal success.
' *
Mr. McAdoo.
A press dispatch from Idaho Falls, ^
Idaho, says:
William G. McAdoo. former Secre- c
tary of the Treasury, has characterized
as "pure bunk" a recent press ?<
report from New York In which William
C. Lyons of Denver, Colo., said **
> Mr. mcaooo naa 101a nim inai nc c
would be a candidate for the democratic
presidential nomination in 1924.
Mr. McAdoo said that should he decide
to make a run for the presidency he I:
would announce his candidacy direct _
to the American people.
Why, of course. In so important a
matter, Mr. McAdoo will speak directly
to the people and not through an ^
acquaintance needing an introduction
to the public.
It is but fair to add. however, that
the people are expecting an announcement
In Mr. McAdoo's good time. He
figure* naturally and prominently in
the speculation about 1924. As The t!
Star stated the other day, he emerged
from the San Francisco convention "
with the prestige of a vigorous fighter h
and a good loser, and he is much too t!
young to be thinking about the shelf. j(
It is in order, too, to congratulate r,
Mr. McAdoo on his change of base
from east to west. Had he remained in
New York he might have become in- "
volved in the democratic factionlsm 1
now raging in that state and been y
rerlously injured by it. But by taking
he Greeley advice and going west he
las escaped that danger; and as a
western man?the most prominent
nan of that section now that Mr.
Bryan has become a southern man?
le makes appeal as a representative
)t a section far from madding Woll
itreet'a ignoble .strife. And he is still
?fhough there is no evidence that he
? trading upon the fact politically?
he son-in-law of Woodrow Wilson.
No Foolproof Crossings.
The latest loeal contribution to the i'
ecord of grade-crossing disasters is |
peculiarly horrible in detail. A motorst
with two companions tried to drive
toross a railroad track ahead of a
rain, despite the vigorous signaling
>f a watchman. At the last moment,
leeing that he could not beat the train,
te swerved to the side, only to he
aught by the locomotive with a side- <
ong blow. The motor was smashed,
he gasoline tank burst and the fluid
ignited, burning the bodies of the
hree men beyond recognition. The engineer
of the train, seeing the motor,
lust before the impact, put on his
jrakes so suddenly that a passenger
was thrown down and his back was
proken.
In this case there was no conceivaple
need of haste to crews the tracks.
It was plain that there was danger
ihead. A watchman was waving for {
:he motor driver to 'halt. But he
plunged on at a rate <rf speed said to
lave been close to fifty miles an hour.
Death in the most ghastly form resulted,
not only for the foolhardy
Iriver but for his companions.
There is only one way to make crossngs
safe against such recklessness,
ind that is to eliminate them, putting
he roads above or below the tracks.
But while that will have to be done
eventually, meantime the hope is that
oad users will be reasonably careful.
Watchmen cannot stop the frantically
speeding drivers. Bells will not check
hem. Signs will not be heeded by
hem. If only those who actually take
he chances were the victims it might
>e well enough to let them continue
vithout regret, save for the waste of
ife. But almost invariably the motors
ire occupied by others, who lose their
ives along with the speeders.
Perhaps this shocking affair in near>y
Maryland will convince a few Disrict
people of the deadly folly of running
across tracks without first haltng
and ascertaining that there is a
Wife chance to cross. No matter how
nfrequent the trains, there is always
langer of death at every grade crossng.
Washington remained a busy city
hroughout the summer. In times
xist nation's capital in summer .
ippeared to be a candidate for the deserted
village class. A permanent
netropolitan aspect is one of the many
evidences of c hanging conditions durr.g
the world war.
Americans, while symj?athizing with
European financial distress, are natu- ;
ally curious to know how much of it
vas due to ill luck and how much to :
xid business management.
Discovery of a pearl worth $1,000 in i
in Arkansas stream is reported. All h
Arkansas needs now is a little ener- i
jetic press-agent work to insure a <
*ush of treasure hunters.
Agriculturists regard Farmer Ka- j *
uch as a man who may be able to ,
jive lessons in how to make two dol- i
ars grow where there was but one.
Advocates of the league of nations j
efuse to admit that the primaries in 1
Missouri have any significance in !
vorld affairs. i
|B| | i
European poets, lawyers, economists 1
ind financiers all agree that it is enirely
wrong for I'ncle Sam to have
10 much money.
In addition to their other complex
ares laboring: men are now invited to
jive serious consideration to a La Folette
presidential boom.
It may yet be demonstrated by Mr.
Bernard Baruch that the expert finanricr
is the one best qualified to be the
riend of the farmer.
SHOOTING STARS.
RY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Old Man Trouble.
)ld Man Trouble has an irritatin' way
makin' conversation, whpn V>r?
hasn't much to say: [
fe isn't entertainin' and he isn't very s
wise, -J
i.nd he simply hollers louder when he t
wants to emphasize. t
i
)ld Man Trouble never helps the work '
along,
fe wants the world to stop an' hear "
his wailin' loud an' long; '
rhere's no use interferin' while he's a
usin' up his breath. s
Ye hope he'll keep on talkin' till he J
talks hisself to death. t
i
Merciless Opinion. v
"I understand you have given up 'c
he brass band as a feature of the c
ampaign." J
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum; f
the comments on my policies were s
lerce enough, but they were not as ^
iad as the musical criticism." e
t
Jud Tunkins says he's glad "day- J
[ght-saving" is over with, but he's j
till in favor of some plan to prevent J
laylight-wasting. 1 '
e
From Coach to Flivver. 1'he
roadhouse on the motor line e
Still soothes the traveler's toil. d
Vhere once men used to order wine i
They stop to order oil. J
v
A Weary Landowner. t
"Some day your boy Josh will own c
he old place." i,
"Voo " nnrvlio^ "Co rm or Pfirn toocol 1:
but I dunno whether it'll make him j
appy. It Beems to me he'd have more 1
Ime for rest an' comfort if he could ij
;s qualify as a farmhand an' draw ?
egular wages without no argument." t
v
"A piano player," said Uncle Eben, ?
is mo' popular dan a banjo player, 11
'ou can't carry a piano around wlf J
ou every place you goes." ?
Here and Ther<
BY "TH1
SCENE I. Union station?Saturday
afternoon?hurrying: crowdf
?all bent on catching: a train
to go somewhere?fond mothers
hipping:, by the arm, freshly laundered
little Johnny and petite Jinny
?tiny feet dragging: across great
floor expanses?legs too short to keer
up with mamma?papa busily engaged
purchasing tickets?a crowd of giggling
girls off to spend the week end
with friend Florence?you can just
see mother, the hostess, cleaning up
for a week afterward?dignified quartet
of elderly males?golf bags, sus
piiTiuusiy nvav.v ? vjjhuc i^uminisMonpr
Haynes)?commuters, arms laden
with bundles, thirty-trip book?
clenched between teeth, carrying
home new rake or spade?toot! toot
?trains depart.
Scene 2. Sunday evening:?panting
engines draw heavily laden trains intr
terminal?dozens and dozens climt
slowly out?tired, aching: limbs?bedrawled
costumes?patches of sunburn?here
and there splotches ol
poison ivy?country flowers withered
by the warmth of encircling: handshome
and a warm bath?a heav>
sleep?then follows a week of work
* * * *
WELL known statistician, thi
rv other day. in discussing: a problem
that involved quite a number o1
figures that related to the income tax
looking: up from his desk espied an
employe of the office wearing" one ol
the new long skirts, mused. "Sometimes
figures mean nothing."
* * * *
/""1AL1FORNIANS are a distlnctiv<
Vj class of people. When they believt
in anything they are willing to bacP
their opinions with any amount of th<
coin of the realm that they happer
to possess. Just before Senator Hirarr
Johnson concluded his swing around
the circle in search of a stray vote
here and there a Johnsonite happened
to run across another Californian al
the University Club and they discussed
"Hiram's" chances. The upshot
of the affair was that one whr
had lately come from the Golden Oat?
wagered that the senator from California
would win by over 50,00(
v?aim lie coiiecien.
* * * *
K. HARD, appointment clerk al
^ the White House, is rather
much of a philosopher and from time
to time he utters sayings that are
fraught with much wisdom. The
EDITORP
Now It's Real Food. Not Promises,
for Breakfast.
Some years ago an immigrant
gained entrance to this Land of the
Free. He was an agitator, and so
success*a? was his propaganda that
in an incredibly short time he had
an enormous following. largely
among our "best people." So widely
was hi* influence spread. in iuct, so
strongly intrenched his doctrines,
that those who stubbornly remained
outside the cult took on a tinge of
ignominy. Now, however, red-blooded
Americanism is rising in protest
and it appears that the alien?whose
name is Continental Breakfast?is in
danger of being deported as an undesirable.
Seventy-three per cent of
the American doctors appealed to in
the matter by a medical journal have
declared unequivocally for American
breakfasts for Americans. And their
editorial fellow citizens are supporting
them almost to a man.
"Do you remember." the Roekford
(111.) Register-CJazette inquires, "the
arnpaign for the break fast less day?
The theory was that you'd be healthier.
happier and generally more efficient
if you took a mere bite of a
rrust in the morning, or. better still.
i t e nothing at all." Now. reports
the New York World, "with the reform
effected and in general observance.
we are asked to undo it
ind return to the old substantial
meal. * * * Expert medical opinion
Look away the traditional American
;?reakfast. and expert medical opinion
now restores it." a satisfying indication
to the New Haven Register
Lhat "the world do move."
Hereafter, the Philadelphia Bulletin
xults, "when the real autocrat ot
he breakfast table tries to justify
ler bantamweight meal with a malippropriate
quotation from Othello
Lbout men putting an enemy into
heir mouths to steal away their
trains, the husband can retort coureously"
that scientific authority has
stablished "that the cerebrum needs
alories aplenty; in other words, that
main workers need a good square
neal before tackling the daily task
>f solving the world's problems.'
This because it is especially for
'brain workers" that the American
dedical Review of Reviews is trying:
,o establish a puncture-proof phiosophy
in the matter of* breakfast.
Vnd because of the philanthropic eforts
of the medical journal the Hartord
Courant rejoices that "at last
he man who works with his brains
nstead of with his hands may come
nto his own. or, more accurately, his
iwn may come into him, for medical
icienee has reached the point where
i show of hands indicates that the
main worker will be permitted to
lave actual food for breakfast." a
lappy state which the paper observes
n passing "has not occurred before
n forty years."
The idea of these physicians, as the
Vaterbury Republican explains it.
'seems to be that the brain worker
leeds to coal up well in the mornng,"
for. the Cleveland Plain Dealer
igrees, "in the morning the human
tomach is empty. The human engine
leeds fuel to begin its operations. At
10 other hour of the twenty-four Is
he human system so in need of stokngl"
While admittedly "the man
'1 *" ''n. m*itv? n Kan/lfnl nf
sawdust and a dish of prunes is not
>pen to argument," there is some
ronsolation in knowing that he can
10 longer look with "contempt on his
mothers who eat a man-size breakast,
even though it may include a
irloin or a slab of huckleberry pie."
)nce more "American good sense"
las triumphed over the "wave of
ffete continentalism," which has
?een menacing that good American
nstitution, the honest-to-goodness
meakfast, and the reason, as the
Brooklyn Eagle sees it, is that "we
Lmericans are not going to dawdle
hrough a forenoon. We're going to
irork with steam-engine energy. An
ci tnm 0/1V1 ooralv Haqo m nrh
tustling In a world of economic
quivaients."
Unfortunately, however, it is again
lemonstrated that there are people
n this country who never approve
f anything, and we And that those
loctors?that crabbed 13 per cent?
cho declared that the way to start
he day wrong is to eat, have their
ounterpart in the editors who raise
bjections to a return to the Ameroan
breakfast. "It is not so much
ack of size as something else that
s the matter with the American
ireakfaat," asserts the New York
"ribune; rather it is the fact that
t must be had "on the eat-and-run
irinciple." At least this Is true so
ar as New Yorkers are concerned,
he New York Globe agrees, and
,hile a heavy breakfast "may be an
xoellent idea for normal America,"
t won't work In the cities. "The
Ight breakfast," the Globe says, "has
?en the New Yorker's lifeline,
lingering for the marginal five minites
of slumber, be munches' briefly.
e in Washington
S MAJOR"
. other day a friend of hti. from Ohio,
, happened to be at the White House
, and made the remark that time flies.
, Quick as a flash Hard came back with
"And so does money."
* * *
SOMETIME ago an article was
printed In these columns giving
I voice to the hope that there would be
greater courtesy among drivers of auI
tomobiles. There has been a marked
improvement, but there Is still room for |
? ** "n? I a htiH IH?R for I
i mure. xi hub" ? ??* ? ?
those who control the large passenger
busses and heavy trucks to realize
that the owner of a small car has Just
i as much right on the street as they
i have, and along those lines It Is ear;
nestly hoped that the hackers who
! circle around Pennsylvania avenue,
15th street, F street and down 14th
: street will realize that all automo>
biles cannot proceed along the high>
ways at as slow a speed as they do.
and while all of us want to see every
. one make an honest living, yet there
f are times when one feels that the poI
lice should take this matter up and
- see that the rights of all automobilr
ists are protected. This little matter
. of road courtesy should also be employed
by the Jay walkers who pay not
? a whit of attention to the stop signals
on important street crossings,
r ^ * * * *
A mine who is a chem'
l\ 1st the other day was discussing
the present-day whiskies and gins.
Many of them, according to him, are
made from denatured alcohol, after it
had been rectified and had beading
? oil. caramel and flavoring extracts
? added. Many gins are made by using
the oil of juniper berries. According
to this same authority not 5 per cent
of the booze that is peddled is anywhere
near pure.
i j. j. A
I * * * ?
npHEY are telling a story, around
1 A the clubs, about how a well
1 known distiller for personal use only
put one over on the government officials.
It appears that the man who
* had been making illicit beverages had
* gone to a certain department atid
asked just what the trouble was with
' his product. The official, who, by the
way. is quite well up in chemistry,
pointed out the deficiencies in the
product, with the result that the
* seeker of knowledge is now able to
> make a perfectly good whisky under
> j methods that will stand the governI
ment test.
iL DIGEST |
I
" I
| drinks briefly and is gone. j
A hearty brfakfast would demand |
i short sleep, rising in the dark, impossible
bolting of food and sprinting
across the dewy pavements of the big
city or of suburbs."
Worse still, the Philadelphia Public
Ledger comes along with this unpleasant
thought: "It is the observation
of most of us that the person
in sedentary occupation is more concerned
with how he (and particularly
she) may lose a pound, not gain one.
Often this has been accomplished
only as the result of heroic effort ?
to stifle the instinct of a lifetime. I
And now come these doctors and ad- j
vise him to eat a heavy breakfast, i
the one meal on which he had found
the least difficulty in economizing."
P.ut with a not too implicit faith
in medical edicts, the Philadelphia
Record observes that "nothing any
doctor can tell you can be of as
j much value to you as the message
the breakfast itself is likely to telephone
to you later in the day."
Typewriters and Telephones Nuisances
? j
There was much discussion a few I
weeks ago of the fact that Alexander j
(iraham Bell, the inventor of the i
telephone, who recently died, in his j
last years refused to permit a tele- !
phone in his house, claiming that !
this device, which is such a time and i
energy saver, business necessity and j
domestic convenience, was to him a ;
nuisance, taking up his time with !
iveoplc and things he did not want j
to bother with.
Now a Philadelphia judge Is quoted j
as saying that the only enemy of
which he knows in the world is the
typewriter, explaining that the ease
of dictating to stenographers has
encouraged lawyers. particularly
mediocre ones, to lengthen their
legal^ papers to an appalling degree.
"When lawyers had to write out
their own briefs " he said, "they were '
concise. Now they not only waste ]
?Tl ir^rl white linnet- and tlma ,-?# .
stenographers, but they murder the j
tii*e of the Judge who has to wade :
through the mass of unnecessary ,
matter they submit only because it ;
is so easy for them to submit it." i
The typewriter and the telephone I
nevertheless are blessings. Like all I
other blessings, though, they are
abused, and that annoys and disgusts <
those who are victims of their abuse. ;
It is the weakness or inconsiderate- J
ness of human beings, though, which j
is really to be blamed?not the inanimate
devices which serve human
beings well when the human element
lets them.?Newark Ledger.
Enough to Eat.
While coal miners and railroad shopmen
have been taking a prolonged vacation
the farmers have been on the
job. And nature has smiled kindly on
their efforts. The American people
may have their travel troubles and
difficulties in keeping the coal bin filled,
but they need not worry about something
to eat. There will be nlentv
for all. Government reports forecast
3,000.000.000 bushels of corn, a white
potato crop that has been exceeded
only once, more than twice as many
apples as were grown In 1921, tobacco
10,000.000 pounds In excess of last year
and the greatest hay crop ever known
in the country. Crops are wealth and
when they are unusually abundant the
country prospers In proportion. Capital
and labor may wrangle over wages and
working conditions, normalcy may be
slow in returning to some Industries
because of misunderstandings and disinclination
to make common sacrifices,
but. with foodstuffs piled up In every
granary, the oountry will scarcely suffer
from hard times during the winter
that is to come.?Long Beach (Calif.)
Telegram.
A pessimist is a person who
wouldn't care to be in clover for
fear of contracting hay fever.?
Duluth Herald.
No, dear, not all of the henpecked
husbands and cowed wives are found
on the farms.?Jacksonville (Fla.)
Times-Union.
If the voice over the telephone
growls importantly, It isn't the great
??" n a ma secretary.?
St. Joseph News-Press.
It might be well to remind European
nations that hounding one
another won't keep the world from
going to the dogs.?Hartford Times.
Well, ^yesterday we saw our first
girl In .bobbed hair and a long skirt
and we guess we'll put on our silk
hat and white lawn-tennis shoes now
and walk down East Broad street.?
Ohio State Journal. ,
Another thing the tariff builders In
Washington will find out when the
price of sugar shoots up. The fudge
vote Is something to reckon with.?
Houston Post.
Lloyd George has announced that
all profits from his forthcoming book
will go to charity. That sounds as
though the work will cover a multitude
of sins.?Columbia <& C) State.
Lansburgh
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complete display of fall styl<
boast tor many seasons. Dresses,
wear have been interpreted in sue
showing is of more than usual int
to plan her fall wardrobe early.
preeminent in our
Street and Afte
$25.
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truly representative of the origii
twill, tricotine, Jersey and many o:
eluded. Canton crepe and crepe de <
canton, roshanara, spiral crepe and
lasse effects offering many charmin
There is a tendency toward the fi
Sometimes the fullness is achieved
line, sometimes by a great circular
edge, and again by clever and artisl
browns are equally popular, with p
whose brilliant trimmings give them
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hrims that timidly roll and lo
trimming, antTmany chic little aflfa
for fear it might obscure a jaunty
bon or some striking self-trim.
These hats are of Panne velvet, 1
felt, in such bright colors as sapphi
amber, besides all the new autumnal
still in favor. This showing is rem;
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lality of the new mode. Poiret
f the new silk weaves are in:hine
are important, with satin t
the new brocaded and matag
variations.
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by gathers at the low waistsweep
with an uneven lower
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feather, a clever knot of ribLyons
velvet, duvetyn, silk and
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1 browns, with a host of blacks
irkably low priced at $10.
from $5.00 to $8540.
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